
Dylan Bettencourt
Udaba lokuxoshwa kwi-Australian Open lwenze kwabanzima kuNovak Djokovic kodwa lesi sihlabani sethenisi sinethemba lokuthi sizophinde siye kowe-Roland Garros.
Lo mdlali wethenisi wase-Serbia ubesethubeni lokwephula irekhodi lokuwina izicoco eziningi ze-Grand Slam ngaphambi kwe-Australian Open. UDjokovic ubelingana noRoger Federer kanye noRafael Nadal ngezicoco ezingu-20.
Kodwa-ke uNadal uye wawina e-Melbourne futhi manje uphethe irekhodi lezicoco ezingu-21 ze-Grand Slam egameni lakhe.
UDjokovic uye waxoshwa e-Australia ngoba engazange ahlangabezane nezidingo zomgomo ukuze angene kuleliyazwe. Kamuva wavuma ukuthi uqambe amanga encwadini yakhe yokuhamba ukuze akwazi ukungena e-Australia.
Isihlabani sethenisi esihlazekile siphinde sayokwenza i-photoshoot endaweni yangakubo yase-Serbia ngesikhathi sisatheleleke nge-Covid-19.
Owayengumdlali wethenisi ohamba phambili emhlabeni uphuthelwe umqhudelwano we-Indian Wells kanye nowe-Miami Open njengoba ebeqhubeka nokufihla isimo sakhe sokugoma.
Kuthiwa uDjokovic “kumphathe kabi kakhulu” ukubona uNadal ephula irekhodi abenomuzwa wokuthi ngelakhe futhi manje usefuna ukuzilinganisa noNadal e-France.
“I-Roland Garros iwumqhudelwano obalulekile wenkundla yobumba futhi ngokwengxenye sengikhona laphayana emicabangweni yami, mayelana nokuzilungiselela nakho konke engikwenzayo okwamanje ukuze ngifike lapho ngikulungele impela,” kusho uDjokovic etshela izintatheli e-Belgrade. .
I-French Open kulindeleke ukuthi iqale ngomhlaka-22 kuNhlaba. Kodwa-ke uDjokovic uzodlala imidlalo emithathu yokuzilungiselela ngaphambi kwalo mqhudelwano.
UDjokovic akazange athole lutho oluhle kule sizini, ehlulwa umdlalo wakhe wokuvula e-Monte Carlo Masters ngemuva kokuphuma kuma-quarter-final e-Dubai ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule.
“Bengingakawulungeli ngokugcwele umqhudelwano obuse-Monte Carlo kanti lokho bengikwazi ngaphambi kokuthi kuqale umqhudelwano,” esho.
“Kodwa-ke, ngiyakudinga ukuzilolonga, futhi lokhu wubumba oludinga isikhathi esiningi esichithwe enkundleni ngesikhathi sokuzilolonga, kanye nangaphezulu ngesikhathi semidlalo.”
Uma uDjokovic ezodlula uNadal ngokwe-Grand Slams, kuzofanele awine e-France futhi unethemba lokuthi okungenani ama-Grand Slam amabili alandelayo eNgilandi naseMelila amvumele ukuthi abambe iqhaza.
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